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In order:
Teddy Bear (Nana gave me my first bear when I was 2, Winnie-the-Pooh)
Marbles (Poppa has lots of stories as a young boy about coming home with a pocket full of marbles after winning and then being sent back to give the boys their's back....
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Lego (Spent a lot of hours playing with them when I stayed with my N&P during the summers)
Teddy Bear (Nana gave me my first bear when I was 2, Winnie-the-Pooh)
Marbles (Poppa has lots of stories as a young boy about coming home with a pocket full of marbles after winning and then being sent back to give the boys their's back....
)Lego (Spent a lot of hours playing with them when I stayed with my N&P during the summers)
Dragonball Z Action Figures and Electronic Lightsabers. 
1. My bicycle
2. Hot Wheels Cars.
3. A Football, Baseball, Glove, Bat, and Basketball.
4. The 12 inch tall G.I. Joes
5. Plastic army men that you could blow up with firecrackers, and shoot with b.b. guns.
6. Tudor Electronic Football. Once we lost the men, we used it to play thump football.
7. Evel Knievel Action Figure.
8. Coleco Electronic Quarterback.
9. Skateboard
10. Mattel Intellivision - Atari is sorry.
2. Hot Wheels Cars.
3. A Football, Baseball, Glove, Bat, and Basketball.
4. The 12 inch tall G.I. Joes
5. Plastic army men that you could blow up with firecrackers, and shoot with b.b. guns.
6. Tudor Electronic Football. Once we lost the men, we used it to play thump football.
7. Evel Knievel Action Figure.
8. Coleco Electronic Quarterback.
9. Skateboard
10. Mattel Intellivision - Atari is sorry.
The cardboard box that the new refrigerator came in.
A slingshot my dad hand-carved out of a 1X4 piece of lumber.
^Now you’re talkin’ my kind of toys, Hank.
My dad used to make tractors with a wind up motor from a wooden thread spool, a rubber band, 2 wooden matches, and a piece of soap and some spit. He carved the spool to look like an axle and 2 tires. I tried to make them for my kids but they were not as impressed with mine as I was with the ones he made for me. So I doubt if it will ever make the toy Hall of Fame.
My dad used to make tractors with a wind up motor from a wooden thread spool, a rubber band, 2 wooden matches, and a piece of soap and some spit. He carved the spool to look like an axle and 2 tires. I tried to make them for my kids but they were not as impressed with mine as I was with the ones he made for me. So I doubt if it will ever make the toy Hall of Fame.
the old toy colt .45 cap guns with the plastic grips. never figured out why i never got any refills on the caps.
my grandpa drove dump trucks & bulldozers for a living. anytime he went out on a job i would ask him to bring back roots to play with. you could think up alot of stuff that a root could be. after watching "the ten commandments" one easter i asked for a moses stick. after awhile i had about a six foot long stick that had been stripped of all the bark just like moses.
my grandpa drove dump trucks & bulldozers for a living. anytime he went out on a job i would ask him to bring back roots to play with. you could think up alot of stuff that a root could be. after watching "the ten commandments" one easter i asked for a moses stick. after awhile i had about a six foot long stick that had been stripped of all the bark just like moses.
Hot Wheels and Lincoln Logs. And my GI Joe ACTION FIGURE (because girls played with DOLLS)
QUOTE (delap @ Nov 10 2009, 05:26 PM) 
In order:
Teddy Bear (Nana gave me my first bear when I was 2, Winnie-the-Pooh)
Marbles (Poppa has lots of stories as a young boy about coming home with a pocket full of marbles after winning and then being sent back to give the boys their's back.... )
Lego (Spent a lot of hours playing with them when I stayed with my N&P during the summers)
Teddy Bear (Nana gave me my first bear when I was 2, Winnie-the-Pooh)
Marbles (Poppa has lots of stories as a young boy about coming home with a pocket full of marbles after winning and then being sent back to give the boys their's back....
)Lego (Spent a lot of hours playing with them when I stayed with my N&P during the summers)
You still sleep with the bear don't you?
Stretch Armstrong
QUOTE (ed3 @ Nov 16 2009, 01:34 PM)
You still sleep with the bear don't you?
Stretch Armstrong
Stretch Armstrong
Nope.
Stretch was a good one.......whoever said he could stretch forever lied though......my buddies and I tested that theory....
LEGO's were my best friends growing up. All the hours and money spent with those ...
Out of their list, silly putty and Big Wheel would have been my favorites.
My uncle threw my Stretch Armstrong in the fireplace.
If sticks made the toy hall of fame then rocks absolutely should. Had a lot more fun with rocks growing up than I did sticks. Especially during recess at school. Can't beat a good rock fight for teaching valuable life lessons.
My uncle threw my Stretch Armstrong in the fireplace.
If sticks made the toy hall of fame then rocks absolutely should. Had a lot more fun with rocks growing up than I did sticks. Especially during recess at school. Can't beat a good rock fight for teaching valuable life lessons.
My favorite toy kept me occupied for hours.
I collected cola drink caps back in the 1950s when all drinks were in a bottle. Pepsi caps were Yankee soldiers and Coca Cola caps were Rebs. I had hundreds of caps and fought some great battles. When a soldier got killed I simply turned the cap over. I had platoons that charged each other and I would just smash them together until one side had a decisive advantage. I'd set up ambushes. It was great, harmless entertainment for a 5-year-old. It was also cheap, 99.9 percent of my caps were free. Dr Pepper caps were officers for the rebs. 7-up and other caps were Yankee officers.
I collected cola drink caps back in the 1950s when all drinks were in a bottle. Pepsi caps were Yankee soldiers and Coca Cola caps were Rebs. I had hundreds of caps and fought some great battles. When a soldier got killed I simply turned the cap over. I had platoons that charged each other and I would just smash them together until one side had a decisive advantage. I'd set up ambushes. It was great, harmless entertainment for a 5-year-old. It was also cheap, 99.9 percent of my caps were free. Dr Pepper caps were officers for the rebs. 7-up and other caps were Yankee officers.
Power slid'n on the Big Wheel!
Peppering Mr. Potato Head with my BB Gun!
Peppering Mr. Potato Head with my BB Gun!
Jack in the box. I was looking at the toys ( with my kids of course) and found a jack in the box and I played with that thing for a while. With my kids of course.
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